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Continued use of these poorer lenses -will result In a positive Injury from the eaa stint strain upon the muscles of accommoda tion to supply the defects in the glasv.- EED St WRIiGOIilK Oculist Opticians Oregonian Building the hews dodbtfdlI Protectorate Said to Have Been Declared Over Hawaii. BEfiRDSLEE SAID TO HAVE DOME IT The Officials at Washington Say There-Is Jfothing in His Instruc tions to Justify Such. Action. SAX FRANCISCO. Feb. 19. The Exam iner prints a story today from its correspond ent at Honolulu tbatAdmlralBeardsleehas taken possession of Pearl harbor and de clared a protectorate over the Hawaiian islands. This news came to Victoria by the steamer Warrimoo. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. The report that Admiral Beardslee has seised Pearl harbor and declared a protectorate over the Hawaiian islands is not believed here. Neither the state nor navy departments have any intimation of any such action. It is stated by both that Admiral Beards lee's instructions have already been made public, and there is nothing; in them to justify such action on his part, Xo Mention of n. Protectorate. VANCOUVER. B. C. Feb. 10.-Amons the passengers by the Warrimoo was F. H. Holmes, private secretary of Damon, Hawaiian finance minister, who is en route to England on a vacation. He says there has been no change in the situa tion since the arrival of the last steamer, but he believed the effectual manner in which the revolution was quelled will pre vent any further uprising. The natives were much disgusted at the fiasco, and despised Wilcox for his cowardly surren der. In his opinion, capital "punishment will not be Inflicted upon the conspirators, not because the government lacks cour age, but because the country is free from grave offenses, and the infliction of the se verest penalty of the law would be Re voking to the people. Holmes emphat ically states that the trials, as conducted so far, have been eminently fair, and that the appointment of Judge Whiting as president of the court, and Lawyer Kenny as judge-advocate, is considered, favorable to the prisoners STATJ35IEXT FROM THURSTOX. The HaTmiiun Minister Upon Ha vraii's Troubles. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. L. A. Thurs ton, the Hawaiian minister, being asked whether he had any information concern ing the alleged sentencing to death of some of the leaders of the late insurrec tion, and whether, in hi3 opinion, such sentences, if given, would be carried out, made the following statement: "I have received no direct communica tion concerning the sentences, nor do I know precisely what action will be taken; but from my intimate acquaintance with all the Hawaiian authorities and their characteristics- and methods, I can state aposltivelyaH trials 'Will heioppn-.ana fair; 'tfi&tUieaccuseawnr be allowed the as sistance of counsel of their own choosing, who will be allowed the fullest right of cross-examination and of defense; that there will be no convictions which are not based upon the clearest evidence. "If there is any particular policy in which the Hawaiian government has erred in the past two years, it has been In hav ing been too lenient In dealing with those who have continuously schemed to over throw it; first, by strategic diplomacy, and then by force. From Its'inception the government has exhibited a leniency toward its enemies that is unparalleled in history- This extreme leniency has been a feature of the administration of President Dole, which has caused criti cism from many of his strongest support ers. "I will state a few facts in substanti ation of what I say: "The penalty for treason from the foun dation to the overthrow of the monarchy was death and confiscation of all prop erty. January 20, 1893, three days after its creation, the provisional government passed an act providing an alternative pen alty for treason of a fine and Imprisonment and otherwise mitigated the harshness of the former law. Was there ever before known a government, scarcely seated in power, In the midst of enemies, Involved in all the multitudinous plans attendant upon a reconstruction of the entire sys tem of government, devoting Its first mo ments to mitigating the penalties which might be visited upon its enemies if they undertook to overthrow it? "Again, although the revolution of ISM was caused by the attempt of the queen to abrogate the constitution and disfran chise nearly every person connected with the new government, she has since been treated with the utmost consideration by the government. She has been allowed to occupy her comfortable quarters In Hono lulu, within a block of the executive build ing, in peace and without molestation, al though she has unceasingly, publicly and privately, plotted for the overthrow of the government, and finally made her house an arsenal. In which were discov ered 40 rifles, two dynamite bombs, pistols, swords, and ammunition in quantities. "Again, although Liliuokalani has made no claim for compensation, the annexa tion commission, in the interest of har mony and to avoid even the appearance of harshness, secured the insertion in the proposed annexation treaty of a clause giving her an annual pension of $20,000, and under which she began to openly work for the overthrow of the govern ment. The salary which she received as queen -continued to be paid to her by the provisional government, and, until Prin cess Kalulani came to Washington to work for restoration, she also continued to receive her allowance. The ex-queen has twice applied to the goernment for protection against supporters of the gov ernment whom she feared might do her harm, one of the times being when she was in the act of negotiating with Mr. Willis for her restoration and the over throw of the provisional government. Upon both occasions a squad of police was detailed to guard her from harm for as long a period as she desired them. Her only response to all this treatment has been the beheading proposition made to Minister Willis, and a continuous plotting to overthrow the government, culminat ing In last month's Insurrection. "The royalists have bean allowed and Highest cf all in Leavening Poirer. Assoisjre! pope have repeatedly availedghemselves of the privilege to associatelunmolested in the public square in frontlpf the executive building at Honolulu, arid unobstructedly to pass such resolutions as they chose, condemning the government, protesting against annexation, against the constitu tion and the republlcand declaring in favor of tho restorationjof the monarchy. "One of the serious features of the situ ation in Hawaii is tha'ta number of lead ing insurrectionists are- what may be called 'professional revolutionists. The rank and file are ignorant dupes. Wilcox, the leader in the last Insurrection, is men tioned as one of theWleaders. Wilcox's doings on the island inFthe past decade, in which he is put down as a turncoat, ready at any minute 231 support the side which best suited his purposes, is one of such a class. This Isil fair sample of the material cf whichleaders and organiz ers of the late insurreSlion are composed. Most of them are foreigners. Their class and character is thatfklnd which fur nished the commune in Paris and the anarchist riots in Chicago. "What is the government of Hawaii to do? Is the governmentjto condone every offense that can be cojtomitted against a government, and, uponfccapturlng the in surrectionists In the acfeof shooting down its citizens, allow theSVto again go free to repeat the operation at the first con venient opportunlty?gmid hostile envi ronment, amid opposition, treachery and revolution at home andjfaepressing effects of continuously hostile, influences from abroad. President Doleand his associates, to the best of theirllmited powers and with all the wlsdoigjwith which God has endowed them, have maintained their outer breastworks ofZclvlllzation In the Pacific with a reseijve consisting of a handful of professlon&fland business men. mechanics and clerksMThe problem that hss been forced uponjgresldent Dole, and which he and his advisers are now forced, unaided and In the presence of hostile In fluence, to solve, is on?whlch would prove a task too great foreman. The policy Is not how to achieve revenge. It Is how to prevent Hawaii from gravitating into the catalogue of chronic revolution. "How the government of the republic will sclve the problemjl do not know. The gospel of forgiveness, and forbearance has been practiced. Whatever measures are taken, the white Jmen who organized the late insurrection and furnished arms therefor, but had theadroItness to keep out of sight when there was fighting to be done, will be held toan equal degree of responsibility with their native compan ions, who had, at least? the manliness and courage to attempt tojearry out their III conceived plan. Further, I know that Abraham Lincoln didjnot possess a more patient, loving, kindly disposition than does Stanford B. Doje; that there does not exist in the United States today a more generous-spirited! peace-loving, for giving and unrevengeful community than that residing in Honolulu and furnishing the leaders of the present government. God forgive those wno would impute a sanguinary lust forbIood to as brave, generous, disinterested Hberty-lovlng and true a band of patriots as ever honored Christian civillzatlon.Jpr add to their al ready heavy burdens or increase the diffi culties of their already difficult task." THE DISSATISFIED KNIGHTS A GntherinKryijgCfrTiiHtlms to Be Prc- 1 iml nn rVMsaj4Ttioa. . COLUMBUS, tt, Feb. 10. In response to a call issued by E. C. Martin, of Tiffin, a conference of dissatisfied Knights of Labor will be held tJjbrrow. Communications-have been received by Mr. Martin from a number of district assemblies, assuring him that whatever action may be taken by the convention will receive their support. The call stated that the conference would lay the groundwork for a new organization of the knights. The gathering's work will be merely pre llminars' to a convention to be called later. It Is claimed that a majority of the Knights of the country are not in ac cord with the present administration of the order. What Sovereigni Says. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 10. "The crisis Is surely coming," said General Master Workman Sovereign this afternoon at Labor Lyceum hall, in an address to the members of the the local assembly, No. S721, Knights of Labor, composed of cloth cutters and shop-tailors. "There will be a serious upheaval in this country within 12 months. Every move on the social chessboard indicates It. Capitalistic tac tics are forcing the Issue and organized labor will be the victor. It will be a peaceful revolution, accomplished without the aid of Winchesters and Gatllng guns. If ever the fight is over people will say, when they see a Knight of Labor who has been steadfast throughout the great strife: 'There goes an American patriot. We want you to enlist for the war, to be come an Integral part of our grand or ganization; until there is gathered within our fold sufficient numerical strength to say to the other fellow: 'This far you have gone, and by the eternal God you shall .go no further.' " These rather formidable concluding re marks of the general master workman were prefaced by a much milder discourse, in which he outlined from a Knights of Labor standpoint the difference between capital and labor In the matter of a proper wage schedule. He said: "We want the entire abolition of the wage system. So long as that system continues, so long will poverty and slavery run rampant in the land. Wage-system and slavery are synonymous terms. We want to consider the establishment of a co-operative system to supersede the grinding wage system, and we can have it by thorough organization and united action. Our whole social system has gone all to smash. The common people and the working people must reconstruct It." Mr. Sovereign attacked the trades unions, saying that they were entirely too limited In their scope and too selfish in their alms. rVegro Women Sold Into Slavery. GEORGETOWN, Ky., Feb. 10..-A novel spectacle was furnished the younger gen eration here yesterday. It was the sale by public auction of two colored women, Sara Hackson and Bettle Fishback. They were convicted of vagrancy in the circuit court and ordered to be sold Into slavery for the period of six months. The sale took place in front of the courthous9 Deputy Sheriff Siiuff being the auctioneer, and attracted a large crowd. The women were bought by two colored men, Henry Jackson and Richard Coleman, and brought Jl 05 and 52. respectively. Latest U. S. Gov't Food Report. TWOOFTHEMRESCUED One by One the Others Slipped Into the Sea or Hang Lifeless. FORTY HOURS IN THE RIGGING Daring; All the Time the Men. "Were in the Kopcs, They Tasted Neither Food Xor Drink. FIRE ISLAND. Feb. 10. Two men who clung for 40 hours to the rigging of their vessel off Fire Island beach were rescued at midnight by the crew of the Lone Hill life-saving station. The vessel "was the .schooner Louis V. Place, Captain Squires, coal-laden, from Baltimore to New York. She was wrecked during the gale. Nine men took to the rigging when the vessel went down, about an eighth of a mile off shore, and they clung in the rigging dur ing the blizzard until, one by one, seven of them slipped into the sea or hung life less, bound to the rigging. Two only were able to endure the terrible exposure. They are J. S. Nelson and William Stevens. They are badly frozen. The story of their rescue Is a tribute to the brave life-savers who have for the past two days been mak ing almost superhuman efforts to reach the wrecked schooner. It was Tuesday last that the Place was wrecked. The life-savers sent out life lines, but not before the seamen were almost frozen to death and so weak as to be unable to reach them. They tried many times to launch a beat, but each time the breakers drove them back to the shore. The same attempts were repeated for two days, while, one by one, the men in the rigging gave way to the exposure, When at midnight, last night, the life savers, under command of Captain Baker, pushed their boat Into the surf and pulled like mad to the wreck, there were but two lives remaining of the nine. During all that time the men In the ropes had not tasted food or drink. Just a spark of life seemed to remain, and, although the two were able to drop from the rigging into the lifeboat, they were almost In sensible. Nelson presented a terrible appearance. His face, hands and feet were frozen, and he was unable to speak for several hours. Stevens had been more fortunate than the other survivor, who had been kept alive through, his efforts. Each time Nelson's head sank on his breast, Stevens would reach over and pound him into sensibility again. The latter was soon able to tell the story of the wreck and the terrible ex periences of the two men. The dead are: Captain Charles Squires, 50 years old, married, New York city; Engineer Charles Allen, 2S years old, Providence, R. I.; Mate Jalbie, 41 years old, Norway; Fritz Ward, seaman, 20 years old, single, Nor way; Charles Morrison, cook; Gus Olesar, 28 years old," Sweden; August Fullerton, seaman. The bodies of the mate and the Swede were still lashed to the rigging. The oth ers dropped into the sea. "- KofcpjifcofatherCrevtSmrol. . HALIFAX, NS.. Feb. 10. One of the late arrivals at this port today announced the loss Friday of the fishing schooner Clara Frlendr with all on board. The Friend left Gloucester two weeks ago, bound for The Georges on a fishing trip and carried a crew of 14 men. Friday the terrific storm caught her while oft Western head, near Liverpool, N. S., and she was driven on the rocks, going to pieces soon afterward. Not one of the crew was saved. Several bodies from the wreck are reported washed ashore it Liverpool. Fonr Supposed to Be Drowned. GALVESTON, Feb. 10. The tug Sem inole has just arrived at Sabine pass, and reports having seen the sloop Scan dinavia bottom up, 26 miles east of here. The sloop was undoubtedly wrecked dur ing the gale. There were on board Captain Bowlck and a crew of two men, as well as two caulkers, who had taken passage from Orange. Today a message was re ceived from Bolivar point from Captain Bowlck for medical assistance. The other men are supposed to be drowned. The Second Mate Drowned. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19. Second Mate John Murch, of the schooner Fannie Adele, was washed from the jlbboom of the vessel at sea Thursday during a squall and frowned. During the storm the schooner suffered considerable damage, and was forced to return to port for shel ter in her crippled condition. NOTHING OF I,A GASCOGXE. The Blgr French Liner Is Xow Elprht Days Overdue. NEW YORK, Feb. 10. The French line steamer La Gascogne, so far as all sources of information go, has failed to reach harbor. The three steamers which ar rived at this port today have seen tr heard nothing of her. But the fact that vessels not nearly so staunch as the French liner have weathered the gales which have swept the Atlantic for the past two weeks has given heart and hope to those who can view the chances of the big steamer from an impartial stand point. La Gascogne is now eight days overdue. She has faced many a furious gale in the years that she has crossed the Atlantic, but never was she so tardy In reaching port. October 26, 1S91, she came into New York harbor with 920 souls on board, salt-incrusted to the top of her funnels. For four days and nights she had been In the grip of a hurricane. One day of such weather would have tested the staunchness of almost anything that floats, but La Gascogne reached New York practically uninjured. It is such ex periences that has given the agents In this city confidence that their boat is still ploughing the seas or safe in some out-of-the-way harbor. The men in the of fice of the French liner do not worry much. None of them believe La. Gas cogne to be lost. It is the friends and relatives of passengers that are fearful of the worst. The .men who report vessels far down the bay have kept their eyes sharp toward the sea in the hope of being the first to signal the missing vessel. At 7:20 to night the Hamburg-American liner Dania was reported off Fire Island. Two hours later an unknown steamer was reported passing Sandy Hook lighthouse. There she is anchored, and it Is believed she Is La Normandle, a sister ship of La Gascogne. La Normandle sailed from Havre February 2, and coming oer the same course as La Gascogne, It was con fidently expected she would have tidings of the other. No signals to that effect, however, are displayed, and now the officials of the line fix their hopes on La Touraine, which sailed from Havre Wednesday last with Instructions to keep the strictest lookout for La Gascogne, and. if necessary, to spend extra time in making a detour from the regular course. Just what news the Dania and La Nor mandle may bring is doubtful, but thy have given no indication up to the pres ent time of having spoken the missing ship. " SANDY HOOK, Feb. 1L-3 A. M. The La Normandle is anchored outside. She was boarded by a reporter and reports no news of La Gascogne. Some Comfort for the Anxlons. PARIS, Feb. 10. The story told by the Teutonic's captain has given some com fort to mans persons who are watching anxiously for news from La Gascogne. If the Teutonic's speed was 20 knots an hour, they say La Gascogne's could not be more than 16 knots. The captain of La Bourgogne, which sailed from Havre yesterday, was Instructed to keep a sharp lookout for the missing vessel, and to shape his course toward Newfoundland with a view to getting some trace of her. The Figaro and Matin assure their readers that there is no reason for alarm, as many vessels have come safely into port after being longer overdue. Captain Servan, one of the best officers In the service of the French line, takes a hopeful view of La Gascogne's delay. Ho speaks most highly of Captain Bandolen, whom he regards as one of the most com petent navigators afloat. The director of the commercial department of the French line's Paris office, who Is an ex-captain, ar trlbuted the delay to a break in La Gas cogne's machinery. Ho says she probably will toss about until sighted and taken in tow. He thinks there is no danger of her foundering, and she has provisions enough for three months. Inquiries at Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 10. The Boston steamer Parthian and the British steamer Guildhall from Carthage, and the City of Newcastle from Calamata. are all aground off Newcastle, and assistance has been sent. Every incoming pilot was piled with questions as to La Gascogne, but all declared they had not seen any trace or heard any news. A rumor that a writing-case had been picked up off Capo May containing letters and papers belonging to a passenger on board La Gascogne caused much excitement in shipping circles, but it was subsequently denied. Cause for Anxiety, Xot for Alarm. LONDON, Feb. 10. The Daily News, in a leader concerning the missing steam ship La Gascogne, says: "There Is a reas on for the anxiety about La Gas cogne, but not for the alarm. It is pos sible, if there has been an accident to her machinery, that she may need all the time already lost to make port under sail. It Is true none of the vessels have sight ed her. Probably this is due to the preva lence of fogs and blinding snows. It is most likely that she Is struggling against storm after storm, each retarding her, but none sufficient to overpower so stout a ship." Xo Confirmation. HALIFAX, Feb. 10. Correspondents have been im-cstigating a rumor here that the French ilner La Gascogne had been seen In the vicinity of Sable island. It is not believed any credence should be put in the rumor. Sable island can only be reached at great risk this time of year, if at all. Such news might come by carreer pigeon, but none has arrived here, and it is asserted none would fly In such weather as prevailed here last week. The only other way to send out news would be by signaling a passing vessel, and that can be done only in fine weather. The Manitoba. Captain's Views. NEW" YORft.j.Eeb; 10-. Captain Griffith, of the American Transport line's Mani toba, said today he thought La Gascogne would be first spoken by a vessel bound from the Mediterranean and eastward from Gibraltar. He added: "My opinion is that she broke down west of the Azores, and was carried by prevailing currents into Southern lati tudes." At the Navy Club the officers believe the vessel will eventually come in. Captain Bnnilclen in Charge. LONDON, Feb. 10. Dispatches from Havre contradict the recent assertion of the Standard's Paris correspondent that Lieutenant Deloncle commands the miss ing steamer La Gascogne. Captain Ban delen is in charge of the vessel. the rjnmiA IX PORT. Her Captain Rescued the Creir of a. Waterlogged Bark. NEW YORK, Feb. 10. The Cunarder umbna, Captain Dutton, which sailed from Liverpool February 2, via Queens- town February 3, reached quarantine this morning. She brings no word of La Gas cogne. Soon after noon yesterday the monster ocean greyhound steamer passed quarantine, her shrouds and part of her hull covered with Ice and glistening like myriaus of diamonds. Icicles clun fore and aft, From the topmost edge of tne bridge to the deck she was one mass of glittering ice. It was during the only spell of good weather on the vessel's voy age that she was enabled to rescue 14 per sons wno were adrift in a waterlogged, helpless bark. Speaking of the rescue, Captain Dutton said today: "We had a fairly good voyage after leaving Queenstown until we struck the blizzard outside the 'Queen hook' yester day. Of course, the weather was bad. as we had heavy seas, but I have had far worse voyages. It was at 12:14 A. M., February 6, that we picked up the cap tain and crew of the French bark Jean Baptlste. It was about 11 o'clock at night when the report was made to me that a White Star line freighter, supposed to be the Cevlc, had been sighted. The captain of the Cevlc is an old friend of mine, and I sent signals up to let him know who we were. The Cevic was off our port side. The signals we sent up were seen by the French bark, which was over on our starboard about five miles away. It was not particularly cold, but there was a snow storm and a heavy, watery swell. The distressed crew was displaying red lights to show the vessel was out of con trol, and, as we made toward her, three men went up Into the mlzzen rigging with torches. The bark was waterlogged. When our boat reached the distressed ves sel the men found the crew had launched two boats and were loading all their ef fects. Captain Lebot and his son were the last to leave the Jean Baptiste. They came away In our boat. The Jean Bap tlste belonged at Havre, and was from Halifax to Cork. "At 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, dur ing the height of the storm, 2C0 miles east of Sandy hook, we sighted a four-masted schooner at anchor, riding very heavily. She had a flag up and no sails set, I had the vessel put about and ran down close to her. We lay to for an hour and a half waiting for some signal, but none came. We left them riding at anchor in a heavy sea in a very unusual place for a schooner of that character, right in the course of the ocean steamers. Then we came on to the harbor and experienced the worst weather of the whole trip." THE HirVMAVD'S PASSAGE. Heeled Down So Far as toMaUe It Dif ficult to Walk the Deck. QUARANTINE, L. I.. Feb. 10. Neither the Atlantic transport steamer Manitoba nor the Red Star line steamer Rhynland, both of which arrived at 8 A. M., saw any thing of the overdue La Gascogne. The Rhynland, when she arrived, was a mass of ice on the starboard side and as high as the lower masthead. All the standing rigging and the running gear of the fore- (Concluded en Second Page.) I NATIONSTO ARBITRATE Once Again This Matter Has. Eeen Brought Before Congress. RESULT OF MR. CREAMER'S YiSIT Grave Consequences That Might Bo Expected to Follow the Ratifi cation of Such a Treaty. WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. The recent vi3lt to Washington of Mr. Creamer, the British member of parliament who was charged with the presentation to our gov ernment of a memorial signed by his col leagues in parliament, urging the negotia tion of an arbitration treaty with Great Britain, has resulted in stimulating inter est In the project, which had rather lan guished since the Introduction of the Alli son resolution, some years ago. In con gress the proposition has token tangible shape In a radical joint resolution sub mitted by Senator Sherman and referred to the committee ot foreign relations, fully authorizing the president to move in the matter. While this resolution has not been entirely acceptable to the advo cates of the scheme, it has served its purpose of formlne: the basis of consider ation by the committee. But meanwhile negotiations have been opened, as yet only preliminary in nature, between our gov ernment and the British ambassador that will, it Is said, if they result in the con summation of a treaty, be fraught with the gravest consequences so far as the United States is concerned. In its pres ent shape the proposition Is extremely broad, though it may be narrowed as the negotiations progress, for it contemplates nothing les3 than a great general treaty, to which the United States and all of the great European powers shall be parties, by the terms of which any matter in dis pute between any of the signatory powers, which cannot be adjusted to the ordinary methods of diplomacy, shall be submitted to arbitration. There is nothing substantially new in the proposition, which has been discussed for many years in various shapes, but the fact that negotiations have actually be gun, and are, at last, really within the reach of possibility, has had the effect to draw the attention of certain senators, who' must pass upon any such treaty, to the grave consequences that might be expected to follow its ratification. For instance, it has been urged that the Mon roe doctrine, upon which our predomi nance of this hemisphere depends, would be speedily dismissed as of no force In an arbitration. Each of the signatory powers would be represented upon the ar bitration commission, and as the Euro pean powers would be largely in the ma jority, there could be but one result should any question be submitted involv ing the application $ this doctrine, to which they have never subscribed and have tolerated only because of the abil ity of the United States to maintain against any single powerr Wfc Another objection which has been ad vanced is that the arbitration treaty would absolutely deny the right of revo lution, and this might be a very serloug matter. In the event that Canada should cast off allegiance to Great Britain, it would probably be impossible for this country to recognize her independence, much less annex the dominion even upon the unanimous application of its people. Of late years the major part of our nego tiations with European powers has been made up of the settlement of difficulties growing out of our insistence upon the recognition of the citizenship of natural ised Americans. Upon this issue the United States Is at variance with almost all of the Euroean countries, which have found it essential to the maintenance of their great systems of enforced mllltary service to deny the right of expatriation to their subjects, and if such a question were submitted to arbitration the United States would be certainly defeated In its contention and there would be no safety for our naturalized citizens anywhere out side the United States. These are a few of the difficulties that at present beset the pathway of negotia tions leading to a general arbitration itreaty, and it Is doubtful if they can ever be overcome. In accordance with the act of congress of May, 1S31, the secretary of agriculture has Issued to "Managers and Superintend ents of Railways of the United States, Stockmen and Others," the usual regula tions concerning the transportation or cattle, to be in force from the 15th day of February to the 5th day of December next. The principal difference between the regulations and those of last year lies in the fact that the Texas fever line, as it is called, is extended westward to the Pacific coast. The line from the Pacific coast to its junction with the old line, which formerly did not extend beyond Western Texas, is described as follows: Running from the extreme western polnc of the county of Contra Costa, Cal., east ward along the northern boundaries of Contra Costa and San Joaquin to the western boundary of Amador, thence north along the western boundary of Amador to the southwest ern corner of Eldorado, then southwest to the boundary line of California; thence southeasterly along the eastern boundary of California to the western border of Arizona; thence south along the west western border of Arizona to the southwesternm border of the terri tory, and east along the southern boundaries of Arizona and New Mexico to the Rio Grande; southeast along the Rio Grande to the southwest corner of the county of Foley, Texas, and northeasterly along that river to the southwestern cor ner of the county of Pecos, which was the western extremity of the old line. The principal change in the old Texas fever line affects the territory of Okla homa, a large portion of the northwest ern part of that territory, which was for merly Included within the line being now left outside. There are also some slight changes in the line In Missouri, Tennes see and Virginia. The bureau of animal industry is preparing the map for 1S53, showing the Texas fever line in Jts en tirety under the regulations, and it will be printed and ready for distribution as soon as possible. The regulations im posed upon the transportation companies, stockmen and others in regard to the re moval of cattle from the southern line do not differ from those in force last year. The greater part of the week in the sen ate will necessarily be devoted to the ap propriation bills. The postoffice bill will be the first remaining unacted upon to re ceive the attention of the senate. Thi3 bill will, in all probability, develop suf ficient debate to consume two clays' time if not more. The Indian bill carries nu merous amendments. Many of them will call for explanations, and others will he attacked. The discussion of this bill will probably open up the entire question of the management of affairs in Indian ter ritory. This is a subject which has re ceived much attention at the hands of several senators. It is expected that the agricultural bill will be taken up when